# 170 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City

14 reports on record since April 2019 · 12 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/170-hereford-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 8
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 2
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 1

## Reported here
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7438933) — 26 Dec 2025
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7276089) — 26 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5346026) — 31 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5002473) — 13 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4822438) — 26 Jun 2024
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4565133) — 20 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4159441) — 18 Jan 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4046876) — 20 Dec 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3121916) — 1 Mar 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2670754) — 30 Sept 2022

## Photographed here (12 on record)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7438933) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07438933/public/1_yqca8uinqmgj.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7276089) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07276089/public/1_njvnt6nl8st.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5346026) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05346026/public/1_brfvdaqpckr.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5002473) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05002473/public/1_du5a4snzvdc2.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4822438) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04822438/public/1_kewezedod9j4.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4565133) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04565133/public/1_uetht0dz5kqi.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4159441) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04159441/public/1_e2okt197zbbc.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4046876) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04046876/public/1_tgcfj8i06mly.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2334782) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02334782/public/1_anf3xnl.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1604628) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01604628/1_4Rk7Dv.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1496308) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01496308/1_2W305B.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/675868) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00675868/0

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Hereford Street
- [53 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/53-hereford-street) — 125 reports
- [71 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-hereford-street) — 91 reports
- [48 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/48-hereford-street) — 76 reports
- [197 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/197-hereford-street) — 62 reports
- [141 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/141-hereford-street) — 62 reports
- [262 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/262-hereford-street) — 59 reports
- [214 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-hereford-street) — 53 reports
- [147 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/147-hereford-street) — 46 reports
- [Hereford Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/hereford-street)

## On the doorstep
- [Consular Office of Japan in New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/business/consular-office-of-japan-in-new-zealand-christchurch-central-city) — 23 m away · Diplomatic
- [Mexico](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-christchurch-central-city) — 54 m away · Restaurants
- [Breakfree On Cashel](https://www.chch.live/business/breakfree-on-cashel-christchurch-central-city) — 56 m away · Hotels
- [Mexico Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-restaurant-christchurch-central-city) — 56 m away · Restaurants

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Colombo St — 95 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Hereford St near Colombo St — 98 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer) — 123 m away — “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground) — 245 m away — “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018

*The plaque pins come from the register — a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Hereford Street in 154 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 person killed, 25 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=hereford-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week** — $42 below the city median of $550 — [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central) — the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here — 167 Hereford Street
*38 m away · 167 Hereford Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/528)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*103 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## What was here — Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building
*104 m away · 217 Manchester Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/105)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/307

## What was here — Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*115 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here — Former Government Buildings and Setting
*118 m away · 26/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±43 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/276)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/301

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 108 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles) — 129 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza) — 149 m to the edge
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 157 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve) — 253 m to the edge · Botanic

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 159 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 263 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31) — 373 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city) — 61 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city) — 148 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city) — 324 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city) — 351 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 377 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 170 Hereford Street?**

14 council reports on record since April 2019 — most often graffiti (8), pavement - general (2), graffiti somewhere else (2).

**Which suburb is 170 Hereford Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on [Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/hereford-street).

**What stood at 170 Hereford Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [167 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/place/528), [Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance](https://www.chch.live/place/278).

**What is the nearest park to 170 Hereford Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 108 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=170-hereford-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=hereford-street